On March 25, 1911, a fire breaks out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, trapping hundreds of young immigrant women behind locked doors with collapsed fire escapes and ladders that reach only to the sixth floor. As horrified onlookers watch workers fall from windows, the 18-minute catastrophe kills 146 people and ignites a transformation in American labor law and workplace safety.
Word Count
511
Reading Time
3 min
Difficulty
beginner
Genre
History
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